- unitid
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{"value"=>"1020812", "type"=>"local_mss"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"(a) Cayuga & Susquehanna Railroad Co"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p>In 1853 John J. Phelps, William Dodge, and the Scranton brothers organized the Leggetts Gap Railroad in northeastern Pennsylvania. In the same year this road became the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad (see below). Taylor joined the Board of Directors, and realizing the road's geographical limits, joined with Phelps, Henry Young, and Samuel Willetts to lease and operate for forty years the Cayuga and Susquehanna Railroad, thus providing the coal producers of the Schuylkill and Lehigh Valleys with an outlet to western markets by way of Lake Cayuga and the Erie Canal.</p>"}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>Correspondence, 1852-1890; letterbook, 1855-1859; cash books, 1852-1860; deposits book, 1852-1855; dividends book, 1853-1878; and interest coupons.</p>"}